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Picked up a couple middish weight base layer tops at Costco yesterday. Half merino wool and half “Primaloft” poly. I think they were about $18 per?
Anyway, just passing it on. They have merino blend stuff most years, usually different labels on them. This year it’s Karbon.
I like the blend, they perform quite well for my use, and I’m not paying 3x the price for a company add campaign.
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Picked up a couple middish weight base layer tops at Costco yesterday. Half merino wool and half “Primaloft” poly. I think they were about $18 per?
Anyway, just passing it on. They have merino blend stuff most years, usually different labels on them. This year it’s Karbon.
I like the blend, they perform quite well for my use, and I’m not paying 3x the price for a company add campaign. I got several of the Karbon merino shirts. For a few dollars, they are unbeatable. Exact same weight/quality as REI brand, but REI’s are $80.
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Picked up a couple of Costco's "Gerry" down sweaters for $29.99 each and wore in the Cascades in freezing weather. Great value!
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They have some Eddie Bauer puffies for about $50 too.
They’ve usually got a few things that are hard to beat, dollar for dollar, for most of us.
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Bought up in 2016 for a brown bear hunt and they were fine.
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My wife picked up a couple of those for me and I love them. I'm going to send her for a couple more.
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I wear Costco mid weight merino wool socks over 6 months a year, love them.
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How does the sizing run on the tops, true to size, small any talls?
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I just bought more and more of their socks for the boys at Christmas.
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How does the sizing run on the tops, true to size, small any talls? I usually buy the Lrg. I'm 6'1 and 210ish. Long torso. They fit me fine. Never seen a tall but id buy them if i did.
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How does the sizing run on the tops, true to size, small any talls? I usually buy the Lrg. I'm 6'1 and 210ish. Long torso. They fit me fine. Never seen a tall but id buy them if i did. My build exactly - Yosemite Sam! Harder than hell trying to find an undershirt/shirt to fit right and finding a comfortable car to sit in is damn near impossible (trucks for me).
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Thanks for the sizing comments.
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Dang my location doesn’t have em yet
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Costco's merino socks are all I wear all winter. Usually this store would get in a shipment in the fall and when they run out, that's it for the year. This last year, they've had them all year. I still have an unopened bundle from last year that I got just in case.
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Have to try those. Been buying the 32 Degree, made from recycled plastic bottles for several years. Those are cheap, warm, and very comfortable as a light base layer. I wear the short-sleeve shirts all year. They wick very well, unlike cotton, and wear like iron. Have yet to have any of that wear out. Took a while, but tbey finally realized that men needed a weiner port.
Their socks are all I wear all year. Tried some fakes from Sportsmans Guide, but they sucked. Less Merino, and wore out quickly.
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tbey finally realized that men needed a weiner port. Never understood that concept. Easier to just pull the waist band down. But I digress...
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Picked up a couple middish weight base layer tops at Costco yesterday. Half merino wool and half “Primaloft” poly. I think they were about $18 per?
Anyway, just passing it on. They have merino blend stuff most years, usually different labels on them. This year it’s Karbon.
I like the blend, they perform quite well for my use, and I’m not paying 3x the price for a company add campaign.
The store here has them but they're 100% merino, not a blend. I bought one to try it and it feels great. I'm going to get several more. They're fairly thin but you can't beat $20 for real wool.
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I wonder if they will come in Verde or Vais?
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In Canada COSTCO had been selling Paraox poly/merino blend zip neck tees and long johns. Both are great items that that I much prefer to KUIU merino as they are 5X tougher, they dry out 5X faster (sweat0 and cost 1/5 as much. I have some from 5 or 6 years ago going strong. Not sure what they are selling this year. Will have to look if I get down there.
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